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us on this frid and in the news brief morning e her forecast. dent has declassied the white house against thebi and c go public, will that highly controversial memo be released today. >> and the two day count down to super bowl lii. and the eagles players are not the only ones getting ready for the big game. >> eagles! >> the fans are out in full force today showing off their eagles pride. check out the tm spirit at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown this morning. all across the delaware and lehigh valleys folks are supporting the birds and we have live team coverage of the excitement.

sara bloomquist is sta in minnesota but first we turn to "action news" reporter, jeette reyes at philadelphia international airport as fans flock to minneapolis to see the big game. >> reporter: hi rick, they are coming in droves. and you know over the past week or so is i met some pretty incredible fans but there say set of fans, three to be exact, that w world even if that means catching a plane, a train and then renting a car. >> family tradition -- >> the love for the eagles in the sand family runs deep and across threegenerations, it's no surprise that as soon as the eagles beat the vikings in a blowout game richard purchased tickets for dad and son to go to the game in minneapolis. >> long time eagles fans. and win or lose, the experienc uper bowl with my son and grandson, i'll

cherish it forever. >> it cost a pretty penny. >> theicw, they are half of what i bought. >> in an effort to save on skyrocketing airfare. the tree leo is losing three forms of transportation. >> my dad has a brother in chicago and so there tonight and then rent a car. and this morning the long journey began with a 11:00 chicago bound flight from philadelphia international airport. >> really excited. >> you are? >> yes. >> it's worth it? >> yes definitely. >> what happens if the eagles takes home the coveted trophy? >> if they win i will scream my head off. i don't jump often at my age, but if they win i will. >> never seen him jump before. >> there will be a lot of jumps

around all across philadelphia. one thing to keep in mind sometimes we get excited and about puttingtime.nd think with that said, it is pretty crowded here and there will be long lines and already.s waye to pard security. other than that we hope for the best andec beste sunday.nnel 6 "ac>> w heads off along with grandpa there luc fan have already arrived in minnesota home of super bowl lara bloomquist joining us live from minneapolis sane paul, where sara are you catching them on t? >> reporter: that is ght. this is the b for arrivals this super bowl weekend at minneapolis-st. paul international airport. we are after another arriving here. may even be some behind me now.

we heard them doing the eagles chant across the concourse and it was they are not just comingm the delaware vle and from all around the world to support take raman and sunny from he is a die hard eagles fan and his friend sonny likes the patriots. om i was heart brokehe eagl 14 console him properly.ing to be o >> welcome. >> thousands of fe arriving at airport. they typically handle 30,000 passengers a day. in the final days leading up to the super bowl that number jumps to 69,000. among those in baggage claim

jeff and his son sam fromhadds ford. >> we were at the championship game two weeks ago anded when they were up 21 points and pull thederinger and purchase the flights and i did it from my iphone in my section. >> it's surreal, 13 years ago i was too young, so this is my first super bowl as an eagles fan. i hope they can pull it out not just for us and our family but the city. and all thefans. with the ne things is our tbut to bond and have good fathr son time is what it's all ab and we often think of commercial flights, the super bowl is the largest single f private

jets. 3,368 andouston last t asi a runway here just t jets. i'ma bloomquist, chann ct did part your private jet sara? >> i'm hoping one takes home on mondayll be happy to see now weekend forecast. we are in for some ions an on super bowl sunday. >> some of uaste of minnesota weather snowfall cam g dow morning in winfield heights and n that magee, d ahead. lates and david murphy in the weather center first friday in febru it. >> you can say that.

i cannot say it fast. sky 6 hd looking the ben anklin on a friday. a mostly cloudy sky and the rain sehowrs are starting to as we look at stormtrac live de with see r flurries in se tht evel with storm tracker 6 and flurries south ofside heig andea hammonton and mays landing and closer to atlantic city. a the most part the frontal boundary is departing and it's setting in on the backside. and 28 and lower 20s reading an poconos a freezing point at doveand capeay.windcll metro are teens, and in the poconos .

lets talk about to expect. a few left over flurries in south jersey and spots are possible and keep if mind as tempera below 32 degrees. ave in theteens, nd anythinrom any s willreeze fairly quickly and as we go hout the rest of tonight. windchills will be in the teens and single digits for the rest of today. l with rain on the way sundayper and more det with the accuweather forecast. >> tha nearly 20,000 people were in south philadelphia this morning to watch wing bowl 26. and this year's wing eating competition also doued as a showed up in their eagar. >> this is like a d rayda bore the so positive that this cit isto be

of chanigh year's wing bowl champion was molly shuler she made her way through a record 501 wings in 30 minutes. >> she broke her own record. >> coming up on "action news" in the next half hour bob brooks told us what shuler had bowl victory and kick off the super bowl weekend here on channel 6 liv from minneapolis tonight at 8:00. and we'll haverom the day on saturday. and then on super bowl sunday strt your game day coverage tiot d pregame covag 5:00 p.m. >> an us after the game for reaction from philadelphia and minneapolis, that is followed by "action news" at 11:00 and sports sunday and an early start monmorning at 4:00 a.m. and more ahead on "action news." a dramatic scene in sports, a

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we have breaking news from the nation's capital. president trump has decided to declassify a document that pits the white house against the fbi. the highly controversial memo reportedly written by house republicans shows improper use of surveillance by agents. they have cleared the way for a house panel to release the details. >> reporter: >> memo was sent to congress and congress will do what they are going to do. but i think it's a disgrace what is happening in our country. >> and it was written by the committee chaired by deaf on nunez and democrats say it

cherry picks information to discredit robert mueller the p director says thathe memo has serious probl and citing thegre omissions and the accuracy. and james comey tweeted. and american history in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field so long as good people stand up. >> and now another republican senator siding with the fbi. >> theres i no fbi director that has not had undue pressure. and he is handling it well. >> the democrat says their own memo be released simultaneously but that was denied in a committee vote. >> a bizarre and terrifying attack inside of a nail salon. caught on camera.

watch as two sisters walk in and it was followed by a man that assaulted them and they fight back by bashing them in the head with the furniture. and they were able to run tie liqu store f help a they were able to hold down the 20-year-old suspect until police arrived and that same man was wanted for aiolent and robbery. jumped in action when the in fire broke out in the m when a portable phone charger caught firews ames and smoke en section of thecabin a rew membed water bottles to put out the flames until a fire extinguisher showed and one cool showed their excitement by putting their principal to the test in a special pep rally. >> and promised to change

appearance if they met a challenge. and today was the day. she is a big eagles fan and pet lover and challenged the student body to help donate dog for for the local spca and when the kids came through mason decided to dye her hair green for the eagles and the kids loved it. and a cute puppy was there to receive the donated food. the the upper east hampton police department are unveiling their patch and new laws. three families in town with the last name brady. they will changed to foles or wentz and updated on the tax bir blue you will be issued a warning and patriots jersey grounds for arrest. and all traffic ligsre set

to eagles green and tongue in cheek but funny. still could come a local cancer survivor is heading to the super bowl why he has a viking fan to thank for his free ticket. and are we are in for spring or morewi we have the forecast from the famous groundhog.

the u.s. job market is staying healthy according to the lightest record from the

government. 30,000 jobs in january and the wages rose in the fastest pace in eight years and the unemployment 1.4% the lowest level since the year 2000. may see more red than usual today that is because it's national wear red day for heart disease awareness, that is the leading cause of death for women and lower your chance of disease by being smoke free or limited your alcohol innd durdiet and being physically >> i am still on the eagles train. >> the "action new tea ews stor0 and a game day edition of prefreeh bee friday and a crying student that thought she maniesed the super bowl while under ania and a cheer

like you have never seen. we rundown our favorite videos in big talkers. and up next on "action news.

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saw is shadow. >> can i call for i don't have aority. >> well, we are seeing a lot of clouds and a few flurries left over from early this morning and talk about the details and get into super bowlweekend. a stoe scan radar, you see that it is dry for the most part and still some light snow showers hanging on there in south jersey. and going in tighter on street level, stormtracker 6 live double scan flurries in surf city and beao lower bank and snow showers in nd a hour. these will depart and clouds break for a few sunny breaks. and we have got colder weather that settles in for the rest of the weekend. sky 6 hd look agent philadelphia international airport on this friday if you catch a flight you should be okay and the winds are quite blustery out of the

northwesterly direction. and the current gust at 29 miles per hour. and 33 in lancaster, the coast in cape may 28 miles per hour. and 36 there in atlantic city. as you look at the w it feels like 15 and 5 below zero in the poconos and 22 in cape may and just 8 for reading and lancaster. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you there is that cold front and the frontal boundary that moved through and late last night along the atlantic and the backside the strong northwesterly winds and travel and watch the bands pressing into south jersey and that is what we are dealing with at this hour. and for the rest of the day, the clouds are slowly breaking and windy and cold and temperatures fall into the 20s as we go throughout the afternoon and dress for windchills in the teens and single digits and the northwesterly wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. and overnight tonight clear and

brisk and cold and the overnight low in the city falls down to 17 and west-northwesterly wind 8 to 16 miles per hour. and the setup for us tomorrow high pressure is in control and sun giving way to more clouds, windchills in the 20s and the air temperature is reading 33 and we track the area of low pressure for super bowl sunday, sliding up to the north and going be a milder day by sunday and high temperature coming in at 44 degrees and this is a mostly rain event about a half inch of liquid is likely and a half inch of rain on the way and at the onset this area of low pressure moves through and there could be snow. showing you 4:30 sun afternoon we have snow on onset to the north and west. and flurries in philadelphia and switching over to rain as we get into the rest of the afternoon and sunday even the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast showing you blustery and colder today and temperatures in the 20s, more clouds around on sunday, w

highperature of 33. on sunday cloudy and rain and high of 44 and clearing on monday and 40 for a high. 39 for tuesday and milder into wednesday and cooling back down next thursday. a soaker for all of the celebrations going on sunday. >> okay. >> we'll keep celebrating inside. and if the eagles win there will be fireworks for sure.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again we begin 12:30 thousand to the count town to super bowl lii. two days and five hours away from patriots going head to head in minnesota. you can feel the excitement wherever you go especially today at the airport. picture it. should yous of lucky eagles fans going to the game. for many this is the trip of a lifetime and for others a real family affair. richard sand from wilmington bought tickets for his dad and son three generations of eagles noons. >> long time eagles fan, win or lose, the experience of going to the superow with my son, grandson, i'll cherish it forever. >> i am really excited. >> it's worth it?

>> yes. >> and this trip to minnesota saonflying to chicago and then wisconsin and then driving a rental car all t get ree generations and big game